# Discourse upgrade via Web UI Fails & SSH Upgrade Brings Down Discourse Instance

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-via-web-ui-fails-ssh-upgrade-brings-down-discourse-instance/210164>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 25, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-via-web-ui-fails-ssh-upgrade-brings-down-discourse-instance/210164 "2021-11-25T16:49:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-via-web-ui-fails-ssh-upgrade-brings-down-discourse-instance/210164/7 "2021-11-25T18:05:45Z")

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When all else fails - have you tried unplugging it and plugging back in? 😉

Reboot the instance: `reboot now`

Bring the instance up to latest: `apt-get update` and `apt-get dist-upgrade`

Then run the Discourse upgrade.

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